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A Year of Camaraderie: 2013 IRONMAN TriClub Awards Announced

The IRONMAN TriClub Award reflects the clubs that were ambassadors for the sport and are furthering its growth.

Last year IRONMAN announced its unique new Tri Club Program, designed to help clubs drive their membership, provide networking opportunities and a sense of friendly competition. A key aspect of the program was pitting national clubs against one another in a friendly fight for points, which clubs could earn through overall participation and individual performance at IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 races through 2013. The program launched its event-based competition at IRONMAN 70.3's in Oceanside and Galveston, and now, months later, the results are in. In addition to bragging rights, the top five clubs in each division get an award identical to what the winning age groupers receive.

Besides providing community to thousands of triathletes, the clubs below also supported the women in their clubs by encouraging them to race IronGirl events and got their kids off the couch to participate in IronKids races. In addition they had athletes that supported the IRONMAN Foundation and each one of these clubs volunteered at a race this year. In short, the IRONMAN TriClub Award is given to clubs that were ambassadors for the sport and are helping its growth. There were over 800 clubs in the program in 2013.

Each club will receive (prizes exclude the World Championships):

- Guaranteed Entry (up to 50 athletes) for the race of their choice in 2015

- Two free IRONMAN 70.3 entries to the open race of their choice in 2014 or any race in 2015

- Four VIP passes to the race of their choice in either 2014 or 2015

- A Champions Patch that celebrates their achievement with IRONMAN, for use in kits, websites, Facebook pages, etc.

In 2014 the program will expand into the Americas, the Asia Pacific Region and Europe. If you have club and would like to join our FREE program, or would like to receive additional information, please email